Banks need to know what you do for a living but are clueless about our industry. Be able to succinctly describe biz model in one paragraph.
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If you ever find yourself innovating with finances you're *probably* doing it wrong. Higher returns to brainsweat everywhere else in biz.
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Turn on two-factor authentication for your bank account. Ask your bank to put a note on your file require a branch visit 4 any acct changes.
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You think that's inconvenient. So will the guy trying to empty your account. This has "near missed" friends of mine; terrified them.
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Never use a debit card for any purpose other than to withdraw cash from an ATM. Worse protections than CCs, costs more.
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You should probably never touch cash ever in your business. a) You're in software, why do you need to? b) Easy to lose records of expense.
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ROI (tax savings) on having bookkeeper sum up 100 pages of $10 ~ $250 transactions from your CCs for the year >= 1000%.
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If your revenues exceed $200k then talk to bank about getting a line of credit. Hard to get these days, require work, but VERY useful.
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Should you ever have an issue with your bank, escalation path is phone call -> branch visit -> paper letter to "office of president" or IR.
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"In what world do you get faster resolution by sending a paper letter to the CEO of Bank of America than by approved channel?" THIS ONE.
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As your business gets larger/more complicated you need to know what banks find risky and assist them in managing risk w/r/t your business.
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For example, if your business historically does $100k a year in revenue and you have a $200k wire incoming tomorrow, CALL THEM IN ADVANCE.
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Some words which mean things to you mean different things to banks. One prominent example: "hacking." Avoid having it in your statements/etc
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